| US 7,494,197 B2 | ||
| Cabinet for home appliance | ||
| In Hee Han, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Seong Hai Jeong, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Soon Jo Lee, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/492,595 PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2003, PCT No. PCT/KR03/01547 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 15, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/011711, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 05, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10-2002-0045344 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2002; and application No. 10-2002-0049775 (KR), filed on Aug. 22, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0244439 A1, Dec. 09, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47B 47/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 312—265.6 [312/228; 312/263] | 33 Claims |
| 1. A cabinet for a home appliance comprising:
a base panel;
one pair of side panels respectively provided to side ends of the base panel, each having a plurality of holes in a front
surface of a front end;
a front panel provided to front ends of the base panel and the side panels, the front panel having projections mounted on
a rear surface thereof for being inserted in the plurality of holes and engaged with a circumferential portion of each of
the plurality of holes, respectively such that the projections are pulled toward the side panels by the circumferential portion
and engage with the circumferential portion while the projections deform the circumferential portion, partially;
wherein the projections have a groove for receiving the circumferential portion of the hole for engagement with the circumferential
portion;
wherein the circumferential portion of each of the plurality of holes is indented to lie in a plane that is offset from the
surface of the front end; and
a rear panel provided to rear ends of the base panel and the side panels.
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